De Bruyne Alternative?

Personally I still think defensive CM then possibly fullback and/or another striker is the priority and therefore if we are to buy an attacking/creative midfielder, it should be because a really good one is available, rather than it being a priority position for us to fill. KDB fits that bill to a point, providing the price doesn't get too out of hand - he may well be worth £60 mil to utd given how poor their squad looks and how desperate they now are but he's not worth £60M to us, whether we can afford it or not, given that we don't actually need him

I fully agree that Bale seems incredibly unlikely this window, for all the reasons stated by others & more, but IF it were a possibility, I have mixed feelings
On one hand, for not much more than KDB will cost, Bale is only 2 years older and is more proven. He is also more of a statement, will create more of a buzz, help with attracting bigger sponsorship deals, etc, etc. He is also HG which is a big deal and worth a premium

However he is left footed and is played on the right at RM primarily because of Ronaldo. Would he really come here to also play on the right (assuming Sterling on the left and silva in the middle behind Kun) and if he did, he would presumably not hug the lines as much as sterling or navas, as the natural inclination is surely to come infield and so undo some of what has really been working well for us this season, namely pacey wide players stretching the opposition which creates space/time for Kun & Silva

Don't get me wrong, Bale is one of that elite class of player who you effectively must buy if they become available. It's a nice problem to have. And I still doubt how realistic it is. But if you can't get all hypothetical as a fan with 1 week to go in the transfer window, when can you !?!
 
blue5ter said:
Personally I still think defensive CM then possibly fullback and/or another striker is the priority and therefore if we are to buy an attacking/creative midfielder, it should be because a really good one is available, rather than it being a priority position for us to fill. KDB fits that bill to a point, providing the price doesn't get too out of hand - he may well be worth £60 mil to utd given how poor their squad looks and how desperate they now are but he's not worth £60M to us, whether we can afford it or not, given that we don't actually need him

I fully agree that Bale seems incredibly unlikely this window, for all the reasons stated by others & more, but IF it were a possibility, I have mixed feelings
On one hand, for not much more than KDB will cost, Bale is only 2 years older and is more proven. He is also more of a statement, will create more of a buzz, help with attracting bigger sponsorship deals, etc, etc. He is also HG which is a big deal and worth a premium

However he is left footed and is played on the right at RM primarily because of Ronaldo. Would he really come here to also play on the right (assuming Sterling on the left and silva in the middle behind Kun) and if he did, he would presumably not hug the lines as much as sterling or navas, as the natural inclination is surely to come infield and so undo some of what has really been working well for us this season, namely pacey wide players stretching the opposition which creates space/time for Kun & Silva

Don't get me wrong, Bale is one of that elite class of player who you effectively must buy if they become available. It's a nice problem to have. And I still doubt how realistic it is. But if you can't get all hypothetical as a fan with 1 week to go in the transfer window, when can you !?!
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fullback - we have sagna and kolarov in their best form since theyve been at the club

cm - agree that after toure and fern we're light but what top midfielder is gonna come and sit on the bench

striker - we're fine in ths position. I even think bony will struggle getting games is sergio stays fit. Plus we have kelechi

Would take bale over kdb but I just dont see it happening in million years

An attacking midiilder is crucial imo, sterling joined but we lost milner, jovetic and dzeko. Need an upgrade on navas and nasri imo
 
Ray78 said:
They had turned down Chelsea's bid and are not looking to sell the player especially at this stage of the transfer window.
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You can't turn down a bid if it meets the release clause. The only way we wouldn't get him if we paid his release clause is if he didn't want to come.
 
I think 7 days is laughable amount of time left if we got ideas of going in for Bale without any groundwork. If it were possible though, I think Bale would be a much better option than KDB. He's got pace and power and a shot on him, he's also got more of a presence and could see us challenge in the champs league much more realistically.
 
i know i posted this in the de bruyne post but i'll copy it over:

All right I think that I'm going to be unpopular here but I really don't want De Bruyne to come here. Why? I don't know where he will fit into the team without affecting the balance of the team. I don't think we will spend over £50 million on someone to play in his unnatural position which means that Silva is most likely to be asked to play on the left or right. Silva has stated publicly for spain that he hates playing on the right which means that he will have to play him on the left like last season. The problem with this is that we will have to move sterling over to the right, yes he can play well here but his best position is on the left and as we have seen early on the season he has a good relationship with kolorov.

I'd be much happier with

Navas Silva Sterling

Aguero

than

sterling de bruyne silva

aguero

because it the second option gets rid of the width.

If I were to get one "realistic" bundesliga player then it would have to be aubameyang from dortmund. I know he signed a new contract but i read somehwere that dortmund would be willing to let him go for £35 million and we all know that contracts don't mean anything in football, especially these days. This would solve another issue because he can also play up front if needed. This means that no balance will be lost because he can just come in on the right hand side instead of navas, who has been brilliant this season i must add.

This would leave us with around £25 million to spend which I would buy krychowiak from sevilla. For me he is the best defensive midfielder in the world after busquets and is a huge upgrade from fernando. Another advantage from this is that we would steal him from arsenal, the clowns .

I apologise if my imagination is getting the better of me but I really don't want de bruyne to come here because a) he is expensive and b) i think he would ruin the balance of the team.
 
CitizenTID said:
I think 7 days is laughable amount of time left if we got ideas of going in for Bale without any groundwork. If it were possible though, I think Bale would be a much better option than KDB. He's got pace and power and a shot on him, he's also got more of a presence and could see us challenge in the champs league much more realistically.
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It doesn't need groundwork. I don't understand all this preparing bid stuff, Chelsea can get a deal done in a day. This de bruyne deal has taken the piss. Put 80 million in for bale and offer him 300k a week.
 
Bale, Isco or Griezmann. In fact, I'd go for one of those (any one would do) in addition to De Bruyne.
 
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